2018 Courses

Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP)

In partnership with the University of Sheffield UK, the EBLIP course aims to equip information professionals with a working knowledge of evidence based library and information practice and to provide them with the confidence and knowledge required to introduce an evidence based approach into their daily practice.

Suitable for anyone working in an academic or special library or in any research-based role.

This workshop will help LIS professionals identify skills they already have and how they can transfer these skills to the job they aspire to have - but in a fun way!

Librarians and Dragons uses gamification to promote professional development for librarians, and to encourage a different way of thinking about the skills that we can bring to the table to enter the industry or progress within it.

Libraries are places of exploration and investigation - a natural place to support STEM - however it's easy to feel like an "accidental STEM librarian" whether through lack of experience, confidence or support.

This 4 week course will help you understand the resources and skills needed to develop strong STEM programming in your library.

Discoverability is fundamental to managing any collection. Understanding and using metadata effectively ensures your resources are connected, relevant and easily found both on the web and in the broader networked world.

Learn more about current practices, and what's around the corner like BIBFRAME, and linked open data.

This 3 week course will extend your knowledge of this developing area of resource description and access.

ALIA's Policy on Libraries and Information Services and Indigenous Peoples, states that:

“In furthering the goals of free flow of information, library and information services must engage with indigenous clientele and with issues arising from indigenous knowledge and the experiences and priorities of indigenous Australians."

This 3 week course will give you the opportunity to identify, reflect on, and respond to the needs and interests of your indigenous clientele.

Participating in the ALIA PD Scheme? PD points = 15

24 July - 13 August 2018

Register by 10 July 2018

Further information and registration COMING SOON.

Online

Cataloguing Basics

The great challenge of this digital age we find ourselves in will be to ensure that what we do - the collection, preservation and management of information is done in a consistent manner which ensures it is accessible in the future.

Cataloguing remains one of the best tools we have to guarantee that information, irrespective of its format or content, can be accessed. This 6 week course will cover all the bases. Great for those needing a refresh, or for beginners.

This course will meet the requirements of the National Training Package unit of competency BSBLIB403.

Your library or information service might be doing some great stuff, but if it's not what your communities are interested in, or isn't useful to them, delivered in the wrong way or place, or they simply don't know about it - you quickly become irrelevant and your funders will start asking uncomfortable questions...

Sharpen your client focus and accountability!

This 4 week course will extend your skills at identifying and responding to the needs of your users, and ensuring you deliver what they want, when and where they want it - and that they know about it.

Participating in the ALIA PD Scheme? PD points = 20

4 September - 1 October 2018

Register by 21 August 2018

Further information and registration COMING SOON.

Online

RDA for Practitioners

The need to address the challenges of the digital world and metadata users has resulted in the development of the new cataloguing record standard, RDA: Resource Description and Access, to replace AACR2.

This 3 week online course will provide practitioners with an overview and understanding of the changes RDA implementation will bring.

Participating in the ALIA PD Scheme? PD points = 15

17 September - 6 October 2018

Register by 3 September

Further information and registration COMING SOON.

Online

Infographics 101

Back by popular demand!

We all love them. Now you can learn how to create them, in this 4 week course.

Get your messages, data and information across, at a glance, through visual representation. Now THAT's a valuable skill.!

Who's a data visualisation wiz? You are!

Participating in the ALIA PD Scheme? PD points = 20

16 October - 12 November 2018

Register by 2 October 2018

Further information and registration COMING SOON.

Online

Library services for people with a disability

Libraries pride themselves as great equalisers. But do your physical layouts, resources, staff, equipment and policies really support clients with a disability? And what sort of disabilities?

Might be time to have another look...

This 3 week course will guide you to useful resources, and help you to refine best-practice approaches, when aiming for inclusive participation and access to your services.

Participating in the ALIA PD Scheme? PD points = 15

6 November - 26 November 2018

Register by 23 October 2018

Further information and registration COMING SOON.

Online

Digital Trends Roundup 2018

Feel challenged by keeping up with the wide range of tech trends and tools that come around every year? You're not alone.

This annual three week course will give you the opportunity to catch up with what's new, alongside GLAMR peers from across the country.

Specific course content will be announced later this year - we'll have to see what 2018 brings!